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Os oes gennych chi unrhyw newyddion am beth sy’n digwydd yn eich cymuned, e-bostiwch info@calonfm.com
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North Wales Appeal for missing 32 year old man from Mold
Michael Murphy aged 32 from the Mold area has been reported missing since Wednesday 4th of January 2012.
He arrived at work at Convatec in Deeside and clocked on for work at 6am, he had a cup of tea and then left work unannounced.
His car was found at 13.20 on the same day on the Flintshire bridge.(the bridge connecting Deeside industrial est…ate and Connahs Quay.) Although earlier sightings of the car have now been recorded.
His description is as follows:
five foot 10,
medium build,
fair hair,
blue eyes and a cheeky smile.
He was wearing:
Dark Grey flatcap,
long grey dark duffle coat,
blue jeans and
white addidas trainers with three black stripes on side.
Please contact the police on 101 or administrators on the Facebook group if you know any thing. It may seem like something small but can sometimes help the police in their investigations. Please pass this group onto as many people as you can and please ask everyone you know. Someone may have seen a man fitting his description in the area.
*Media Enquiries please contact Annette Thomas 0775 475 6069
Join the Facebook group - click here
This is an appeal from Michael’s mother
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Saith Seren Opens
Wrexham’s new cultural centre ‘Saith Seren’ opens its doors this weekend.
Visit the website to find out more about the centre – here
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Film Club comes to Wrexham
Educational charity FILMCLUB, is holding free start up sessions for teachers across Wales, including Wrexham, one being in Wrexham on 6th February. Research into the impact of the scheme – which already runs in over 7,000 schools in England – shows it has substantial education and social benefits and a significant impact on literacy. 80% of FILMCLUB leaders that say that it improves critical skills and over half say that it improves reading and writing skills.
All educational professionals are welcome, including 6th form graduates.
The educational professionals could receive help choosing their first ten films, and after they’ve left they can launch and run a successful film club at their school, or college.
Sign up at filmclub.org/blog/cymru or call 020 7288 4520.
Members are encouraged to post their reviews on the website, with prizes being awarded, and a great prize for students posting a Welsh review. FILMCLUB is funded in Wales by the Welsh Government, with additional support from HSBC and was launched across Wales last year with support from actor, Michael Sheen
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‘DON’T THINK’
EXCLUSIVE DEBUT MOTION PICTURE SHOWING
At ODEON CINEMA, WREXHAM
For one night only, Odeon Cinema Wrexham will play host to a Movie Musical extravaganza featuring one of the World’s biggest music acts.
For nearly two decades, the Chemical Brothers “mind-bending” audiovisual live show has played to packed houses and festivals across the globe. But it has never been documented on film. Until now.
In 2011, at the iconic Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, The Chemical Brothers played a headline set in front of 50,000 fans which was captured on 21 cameras. Immersing us in the thick of a frenetic crowd, ‘Don’t Think’ captures the synaesthetic barrage of sound, film and light and the transforming effect it has on its audience.
Directed by Adam Smith, one of the show’s visual creators, we are taken on a magical realist psychedelic journey where we feel the show rather than merely watch it.
‘DON’T THINK’ will show for ONE NIGHT ONLY at Odeon Cinema, Eagles Meadow, Wrexham on Friday 3rd February. Show Times are 10pm to 11.30pm. Tickets are £10.00 each available from Odeon Cinema, Wrexham Tel: 0871 22 44 007 www.odeon.co.uk
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Want to have your voice heard in local politics?
Wrexham Council is holding an open evening for residents who are considering standing in next year’s local elections.
Candidates for election often understand the broader local government picture but realise they have underestimated the practicalities of being a councillor and how local councils are structured once they are elected.
The open evening will be an opportunity to gain an understanding of what is expected of a local councillor and how the local authority works and its community responsibilities. It will also focus on the election process and the needs of a newly elected councillor.
Trevor Coxon, Head of Corporate and Customer Services, said:
“This is the first time such an event has been arranged in Wrexham and we hope it will prove very successful. Once elected councillors have a huge responsibility to the both electorate of the community they represent and the wider community of Wrexham. In Wrexham we want to encourage residents to take up the challenges and opportunities of local government but we want to see them well prepared from the start of their period of office for the many demands that will be made on them.”
The event takes place on Monday 23 January between 6.00 and 8.00 pm. It will begin with presentations about the council and the challenges it currently faces, it’s corporate priorities and links with other authorities and organisations and the role of elected representatives in these initiatives.
Officers will be on hand to answer any individual questions and to give an insight into their particular departments. There will be information on the WLGA’s revised candidates guide, working in individual wards, the amount and variety of meetings scheduled throughout the year, working with the media, the training available, particularly to new councillors, and the type of support a local councillor can expect.
Anyone interested in attending should contact Peter Mullen, 01978 292235 or just turn up on the evening of the 23rd.
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Engagement Gateway Employability Skills Fair
AVOW is hosting an Employment Skills Fair featuring the Engagement Gateway projects in Wrexham and Flintshire on 1st February 2012 10am – 4pm at the Wrexham Memorial Hall.
Engagement Gateway projects are open to anyone 16+ who is unemployed or unable to work. They offer support in building self-confidence, employability skills such as CV writing and interviews. The projects can also help a person to get involved in volunteering and entering further education.
Local people have already benefited from Engagement Gateway Projects. Mrs H joined the Go Wrexham project as she had been at home raising her family and not worked for 20 years. She was lacking in self confidence and felt she had little to offer the workplace. After 4 months of support and employability training she was able to appreciate her current skills, learn some new ones and had the confidence to apply for positions within the caring profession. Mrs H felt she had the confidence in herself to offer her skills to a voluntary organisation and also obtained a job within the caring profession.
Other organisations who will have stalls at the event include Job Centre Plus, Careers Wales, Prime Cymru, Scope and Family Information Services.
No matter what your circumstances are, there will be someone there who can help you on the road to achieveing your goals.
Arts Council Advice Surgery
AVOW has arranged to hold an advice surgery in conjunction with the Arts Council Wales on Thursday 2nd February 2012 from 9.30 am.
The Arts Council Wales gives grants to both organisations and individuals, towards projects of high artistic quality. Their priorities are supporting the creation of great art, and encouraging more people to enjoy and take part in the arts.
To be eligible for grant funding applicants must live in Wales and the proposed project must also take place in Wales. Grants awarded range from £250 – £50,000.
This surgery will give organisations and individuals the opportunity to discuss funding for arts projects. Carys Wynne Williams, Arts Development Office with responsibility for Wrexham County, and Heather Hicks, Funding Advice Officer at AVOW and will be in attendance to offer help, advice and support for all your funding queries.
Appointments will be for 45 minutes each and therefore booking will be essential.
For more information or to make an appointment, please contact Heather Hicks on 01978 312556, or e-mail: heather.hicks@avow.org .
For more details please visit www.avow.org
Give blood this Winter
An appeal is going out to O Rh negative (O-) and B Rh negative (B-) blood donors to come forward now to give blood in the run up to Christmas.
Blood stocks traditionally dip as the festive season approaches, and with the probable onset of bad weather, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is working to boost stocks of these groups throughout December.
To be potentially eligible to give blood you must be aged between 17 – 65, weigh over 7st 12lbs (50kg) and be in general good health. There is no upper age limit for blood donation if you have donated in the last two years. To find out more about becoming a blood donor or to book an appointment please call the Donor Line on 0300 123 23 23 or click on the link below to find out where you can donate blood in the Wrexham area
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Getting you home safely this season
(Cymraeg)
With Christmas and New Year just around the corner, Traveline Cymru are striving to keep travellers safe through the festive season, with their new ‘Travel Safe’ web page.
The page is designed to ensure travellers get home safely after an evening out. It gives plenty of up to date information on all methods of travelling and depending on your choice of travel the safest option is advised.
The ‘Travel Safe’ page is also packed with details on how to access public transport information on the website, via text message or through a range of mobile phone applications.
A Traveline.txt service ensures you don’t get stuck at the bus stop in the cold with a free text message giving you the times of the next 4 buses at your stop. If those buses are not available due to the holiday season then you will receive a text with the phone number of a local taxi firm.
Jo Foxall, Marketing Manager at Traveline Cymru said, ‘there are plenty of ways to travel this season and the ‘Travel Safe’ webpage highlights the best and safest options. We have taken in to consideration everyone’s different needs when travelling by public transport, car sharing, walking, taxi services and even some new innovative ways of travelling.’
The web page will run throughout the festive season and is just one of many dedicated pages designed to help travellers. Online information about Christmas service changes and Snow developments will also be available.
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WALES CELEBRATES BUILD UP TO LONDON 2012
Wales has much to look forward to from its Team GB athletes, according to one of the country’s top sports leaders, as the UK celebrates the build up to the grand opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Chair of Sport Wales, Professor Laura McAllister, said: “The Beijing Olympics were extremely successful for Wales and we will be looking to build on that with the likes of hurdler Dai Greene, triathlete Helen Jenkins, sailor Hannah Mills, boxers Fred Evans and Andrew Selby, and rower Tom James.
“Don’t forget that Wales also won a quarter of Team GB’s Paralympic gold medals in 2008, so we have justifiably high expectations for the London Paralympics too.
One of Wales’ brightest prospects is 18-year-old taekwondo star, Jade Jones, from Flint in North Wales. The -57kg fighter, who won gold at the 2010 Youth Olympics and a World Championship silver in 2011, only stepped up to senior level last year but is already hotly tipped for medal success on home soil.
After seeing her weight category chosen for the London Games, Jones admits that the prospect of competing on home territory – and landing GB Taekwondo’s first Olympic gold medal – is spurring her on to ensure her full selection to the Olympic team.
“I’m really excited about being involved in a home Games,” she said.
“It’s a one in a lifetime chance and I’m not going to get this again. For it to be in London is amazing, especially for my first Olympics. I know everybody wants to be a part of it, so I’m very lucky.”
Professor McAllister continues: “We want Wales to be world renowned as a successful sporting nation, where winning is expected, but we’re also keen that we make the most of what will be the biggest marketing campaign for sport and being active. We all need to be ready to capture the sporting demand that the Games will create – in our communities and in our schools. We must make the most of the fact that the Games is on home soil.”
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Wales offers further support to women with PIP implants
All women in Wales who are assessed clinically as needing Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP) breast implants removed will be offered replacement implants on the NHS, regardless of whether they received the initial implant privately or from the NHS.
The NHS will require evidence that women who were originally treated privately have sought redress from their private provider, evidence that the woman is a Welsh resident and registered with a Welsh GP, and a clinical assessment of their case.
The offer is an extension to the announcement made last week (6 January), which offered NHS removal and replacement of implants to NHS patients deemed in clinical need, and removal only for women who were treated privately. Now, women who were originally treated privately who find their private clinic no longer exists or refuses to care for the patient, will also be eligible for replacement on the NHS.
It is not known how many women in Wales are affected, although all indications are that it is relatively low. Work is underway to establish the likely number.
Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said: “We announced last week that the NHS in Wales will remove PIP implants if, informed by an assessment of clinical need, a woman with her doctor decides that it is right to do so.
“We said then that we would replace implants which were put in by the NHS, and today we are going one step further by announcing we will also replace those which were put in privately.
“Removing the implants and not replacing them could result in unsightly scarring, loose skin, and potentially the accumulation of fluids, need for drainage, and risk of infection. Putting women through two separate operations also increases unnecessarily the risk of complication.
“However, I must stress that safeguards will be put in place to hold the private sector to account and ensure that everything possible is done to seek redress from private providers before the NHS steps in.”
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Stay safe in the winter weather
Here are some useful links for weather alerts and travel updates
over the winter months
WCBC Weather Warnings (including bin collections, gritting routes, snow clearing, vulnerable people and other useful external links)
Texting the studio
Text messages are charged at your standard network rate – please ask bill payers permission.
Texts which do not start with ‘calon’ will not reach the studio but will still be charged
Codir pris cyfradd rhwydwaith safonol am neges testun –gofynnwch caniatâd talwr y bil os gwelwch yn dda.
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